Finds from Ocriculum (Otricoli)

Pope Pius VI organised the excavation of the Roman city of Ocriculum in 1776-84.  Some of the finds are now exhibited in the Sala Rotunda of the Pio-Clementine Museum.

Mosaics (1st century AD)

This octagonal mosaic on the floor of the Sala Rotunda came from the octagonal room of the baths of Ocriculum.  It depicts the battle of the Greeks and the centaurs.

Jupiter of Ocriculum (1st century AD)

This fine head stands to the right of the entrance (unlabelled) on a plinth that commemorates the munificence of “Pii Sextii” (Pope Pius VI).  It came from Roman copy of a much older Greek statue of the seated Jupiter (Zeus).